Meaning of COUNTRYMAN
Pronunciation: | | 'kuntreemun
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- [n] a man from your own country
- [n] a man who lives in the country and has country ways
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| See Also: | | compatriot, rustic | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Coun"try*man\ (k[u^]n"tr[i^]-man), n.; pl.
{Countrymen} (-men).
1. An inhabitant or native of a region. --Shak.
2. One born in the same country with another; a compatriot;
-- used with a possessive pronoun.
In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils
by mine own countrymen. --2 Cor. xi.
26.
3. One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a
townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a
husbandman or farmer.
A simple countryman that brought her figs. --Shak.
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| Related Terms: | | backwoodsman, bumpkin, clodhopper, clown, compatriot, congener, countrywoman, fellah, fellow citizen, fellow countryman, fellow townsman, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, hind, home towner, landsman, muzhik, paesano, paisano, peasant, peon, provincial |
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